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  • new kitten

    Posted on by killernat Comment

    Ok so yesterday I found / was adopted by a kitten (4-7months old), she has no collar or tags. When I left the apartment like literally as I walked out of the building this kitten ran up to me I scratched her head as I do with any animal that is willing to come to me. As I walk away she would not leave me alone (something that has never happened to me ) I thought it was rather odd to see her because it is quite cold for a short hair cat 0c (-10c from wind), and she was shivering so the only thing i could think was: 1 she is lost and doesn’t know where home is, 2 she was abandoned, or 3 is a stray. So I ended up taking her home. Once I got her inside I noticed she was rather skinny for her age, and quite dirty (more than a normal outdoor cat is). From the way she looked she was outside for at least 4 days to a week. Besides being cold and a bit under weight she seemed in good health (possibly with a has a flea). After exploring the apartment for an hour and eating some food she jumped on my bed spent 2 hours cleaning then passed out for a few hours. Waking again to clean a few times the other 2 cats are a bit unhappy about her but seem to be warming up to her and her to them.

    I swear to god this cat is the most friendly creature in existence to an almost annoying level and no shes not in heat.
    last night i went to bed and she climbed up and slept on my back ….

    annoying one

      UPDATE:

    She didn’t have fleas but the beginning of frostbite on the right ear. She is doing well and gained her weight back and is now growing and developing as a cat should and the other 2 cats are getting along with her just fine

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  • charging phones and some electrical theroy

    Posted on by killernat Comment

    confused about boiler plates on power adapters?

    first yes the cheap ones are often poorly designed either using fake complacency labels or just barley making it to the standard that being said try to avoid using them

    as for the usb standard it is 5V (this can vary within .25V due to component values not being exact) most computer motherboards supply a MAXIMUM of 500mA to usb ports it doesn’t mean it will always supply that. the device(s) attached to it determines the current draw, the same is true for wall adapters. they will be rated for 500mA 750 mA 1A or 1.5A etc. the important number is the voltage you want to be as close to 5V as you can, all devices have some form of voltage regulation to protect agents slightly high voltage, (if they don’t its simply bad design) the excess energy gets dissipated as heat android devices are normally ok with power consumption on stand by but when you start doing a lot of cpu heavy tasks and have all the bells and whistles going (gps, back light, wifi, lte, cell modem, etc) it starts drawing a lot of current (and making the phone hot) i have screen phones draw more than 1A with everything running (the battery still draining while plugged into a 1A rated power adapter)

    remember kids kerchoff’s (how ever its spelled) current and voltage laws
    in series circuit V1+V2+V3+…Vn = Vt and in parallel circuit I1+I2+I3…In = It

    (usbs are parallel devices) there for I1+I2+I3…In = It so the max output for a desktop usb is 500mA and you have 1 device using 400mA the other can at most use 100mA or they will balance out depending on how greedy the little bastards are (wants all the electrons for them selves)

    don’t believe me turn on a lot of lights in your house than start a freezer or air conditioner and you will see the lights momentarily dim (due to the high current draw from the compressor starting) the voltage will stay at 120 (220-240 for Europe) but the current will drop to the other devices (or blow a fuse)

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  • Save a life

    Posted on by killernat Comment

    its that time of the year where i annoy every one to go donate blood if there is any way you can give back to society give a pint (500ml) of blood it will probably save someones life there is even a benefit for you that every donation is screened for STD’s and STI’s so if you caught something they will tell you

    as of now i have 5 successful donations (as i do it at my college each semester)
    the process is easy you go do the registration then the basic screening (answer a few yes/no questions) then do the advanced screening with the nurse/volunteer take blood pressure, temperature, check your iron level (with a little prick on the finger) answer a few more questions with the nurse and you make your final (anonymous) decision if they should use your blood with a bar-code sticker after the nurse leaves the screening room this is to keep people safe because someone may be to embarrassed to admit to sleeping with a prostitute recently to the nurse and not want there blood used (it is still tested however)
    after they take you to the donation area and put you on a stretcher /bed thing they will find the blood vane for your arm mark it and clean the area with an antiseptic then tape down the tube (to your arm) and insert the needle they will collect a small amount for testing and the rest will go to the main bag after 5-15 minutes tou will be done you will have to hold a gauze pad for a few minutes and then they will take you to a recovery/observation area to make sure you feel ok (about 5-15 min) then you get all the cookies /juice/ coffee you want then you can be on your way but be forewarned take it easy for the next 12 hours as you will be short of breath easily due to the low blood level not to mention getting the munchies (you got to replace that lost protean and iron some how)

    US:Red Cross
    canada:Blood Services Canada
    quebec: Hema Quebec

    as for the rest of the world im sure there are simaler organizations (google is your friend)

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  • Apple

    Posted on by killernat Comment

    It is no secret that i dislike apple recently people have been getting hung up on there recycling practices to me that’s not as much of an issue. my first and foremost issue especially with the new mac book pro retina is its lack of repair-ability this thing is pretty much glued together with the ram soldered directly to the motherboard and the batteries glued to the the upper housing (blocking access to the touch pad) it also includes preparatory network and SSD cards. not to mention the “pentalobe” screwdriver to open it. because of this 1 you cant repair it like an IBM style laptop (i.e. just swap the faulty part)granted the point is to make 1-2cm thick devices personally i think that smaller is definitely not better i know it exists to fill a niche market of people that don’t need a powerful computer and only use it for checking facebook or taking notes in class (with no optical drive) like the net books but at least they are much cheaper than anything apple produces and some of the parts a replaceable with easy to find parts like using standard laptop ram (i seem to have forgotten where i was going with that)

    any way the issue is that more often than not when one of these glued together laptops brakes apple replaces the entire unit granted they send it off to there recycling plant to reclaim the glass and aluminum and probably some of the components but thats not as much of the problem its that all the rare earth minerals like tantalite are used during the chip manufacturing to produce the new computer then have it shipped across the world (causing a rather high carbon footprint) granted that most components are like that but you can ship 100 dimms of ram for the same shipping size as 1 laptop

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  • Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. review

    Posted on by killernat Comment

    it was fun but too short it took maybe 4.5 hours to beat the campaign on hard
    the story was a bit generic and lacking details to make it more emersive like the ace combat series does so well at least America gets attacked on its home soil which is soo rare to see in military games its always Americans fighting else ware like in russia, china or the middle east but never on there own soil i would give it a
    3/5 fun to play not emersive enough

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